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Orleans Longacre letters : to Jim Longacre : ALS, 1864-1865.
BANC MSS 87/164 cLOCAL
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Title:
Orleans Longacre letters: to Jim Longacre : ALS, 1864-1865Creator/Contributor:
Longacre, Orleans., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Longacre, Jim, Correspondent.Abstract:
Letters written to his brother, Jim, from Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco Bay, Panama, and the coast of Central America
deal primarily with day-to-day concerns. They also offer references to local events and activities, such as the imprisonment
of pirates on Alcatraz, his acquaintance with Frank Hodgeson, mathematics professor at California College; and events of the
Civil War and evidence of U. S. involvement in Central America, notably San Salvador.
Date:
1864 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCalifornia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Note:
Collection includes these letters in typewritten form.
Letters are signed: Orly.
Physical Description:
10 items (1 box).
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 87/164 cLOCAL